Treasury of the Lost Litter Box: A Get Fuzzy Treasury

Get Fuzzy #9-10

by Darby Conley

Our current best-selling property. The daily comic strip Get Fuzzy is cartoonist Darby Conley’s wry portrait of single life with pets. In Untitled Get Fuzzy Treasury, the gang’s back to endure the trials and tribulations typical of any family . . . more or less.

The daily comic strip Get Fuzzy is cartoonist Darby Conley's wry portrait of single life with pets. In the Treasury of the Lost Litter Box, the gang is back to endure the trials and tribulations typical of any family . . . more or less.

At the center of the mischief is Rob Wilco, a single, mild-mannered ad executive and the guardian of Bucky and Satchel. Bucky is a temperamental cat who clearly wears the pants in their eccentric household, while Satchel is a gentle, sensitive pooch who struggles to remain neutral, almost guaranteeing he'll wind up on the receiving end of whatever trouble Bucky has cooked up.

Treasury of the Lost Litter Box is a compilation of the Get Fuzzy misadventures previously chronicled in Ignorance, Thy Name Is Bucky and Dumbheart. Treasury of the Lost Litter Box is perfect for fans of the comic strip and a hilarious, if not-so-gentle introduction for new fans.

Genres: Comics, Humor, Comic Strips, Fiction, Comic Book, Cartoon, Animals

256 pages, Paperback

First published April 27, 2010

About the author

Darby Conley is an American cartoonist best known for the popular comic strip Get Fuzzy.

Conley was born in Concord, Massachusetts in 1970, and grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee.

While in high school in 1986, he won a student cartooning competition. During his Senior Year at Doyle High School (now South-Doyle High School) in Knoxville, Conley was voted 'Most Talented' by his graduating class. He attended Amherst College, where he studied Fine Arts, drew cartoons for the student newspaper, played rugby, and was a member of an all-male, jazz-influenced a cappella group, the Zumbyes. (Fellow cartoonist alumni of Amherst include FoxTrot creator Bill Amend and the late John Cullen Murphy of Prince Valiant fame.)

Like Rob Wilco, the human protagonist in Get Fuzzy, Conley is an enthusiastic rugby union fan, playing during college and sustaining several injuries that failed to diminish his passion for the sport.

Before becoming a cartoonist, Conley held a wide array of jobs: elementary school teacher, art director for a science museum, lifeguard, and bicycle repairman. This eclectic collection of professions is reminiscent of those held by Douglas Adams, whom Conley has mentioned as a comedic influence.

Conley, an animal rights activist and vegetarian, lives in Boston.

Reviews

[Autumn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This treasury is a combination of strips from Ignorance, Thy Name is Bucky and Dumbheart. Strips include Bucky's cousin Mac Manc McManx visiting from England, Bucky writing a movie manuscript, Bucky's museum, Satchel and his personal trainer as well as Satchel's cluelessness, and Rob's weariness.

As usual, I loved the Get Fuzzy treasury. Can't get enough of Bucky's reign of terror. Favorite strips was of Satchel and his personal trainer as well as Bucky writing a movie manuscript with his mentor, Quentin Tabbytino.

[Melissa Lee-Tammeus · Rating 3 out of 5]

You have to appreciate owning a cat and a dog together to fully get this comic strip. And you also have to know a bit about politics and be a bit of a liberal in order to laugh out loud. This is sarcasm at its finest and with Bucky the Cat's shapr toungue (and fang), Satchel's sweet dogness, and their owner Rob, who just is trying to be a good person, you can't go wrong. A great way to open a teen's mind to all that is at stake in the world as seen through the animal kingdom. The new Bloom's County, if you will.

[Ben Brackett · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty disappointed with a strip that is usually excellent. Far too many of the jokes are based on one dimensional side characters, including one with a cockney accent that no one can understand - I felt that didn't come across too well in print.

[angrykitty · Rating 4 out of 5]

love all the get fuzzy books. i don't have a dog, but i do have a cat that is very much bucky.....glad to see i'm not the only one that has to put up with stupid cat stuff....

[Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoy this series but it's starting to get real old, real fast.

[Nicole]

More Shakespug, please! :)

[Jess]

Get Fuzzy is the new generation of Garfield. Attitude and no class he's always beating on the dog. I can't get enough of Bucky Katt and his love of fish and hatred of all things ferret!

[I DRM Free · Rating 3 out of 5]

Get Fuzzy is one of my favorite cartoons of all time up there with Calvin & Hobbes. The author Darby Conley is right up there with Bill Watterson in genius in my opinion. I absolutely love Satchel and Bucky and Rob.

This book is no different, It’s from around 2007-2008 time frame. I absolutely loved this book and thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it. However its translation to a digital format leaves it lacking. I had to force it to landscape mode on my kindle otherwise it was quite small to read. And even then on some of the pages (most likely the Sunday comic) there was too many frames on screen which made the text quite small to read. I had to take off my glasses and hold it up to my nose to read it properly. I don’t understand why they can’t fix it like the comic books from Comixology where it is formatted specifically to be read easily on a e-device.

Also the comic has DRM which is very disappointing. So with those two negatives against it, it takes a 5/5 book down to a 3/5.

[Amber the Human · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still love me some Get Fuzzy.

[Marisa]

Crosby and Hope, Laurel and Hardy, Bucky and Satchel. It works for me.

[⋊ · Rating 2 out of 5]

Funnier when I was younger and had the time to read it twice. Well drawn, aesthetic style.

[Lexxi Kitty · Rating 4 out of 5]

Consolidating.

09. Ignorance, Thy Name Is Bucky - 3.75
10. Dumbheart - 4.25
----------------- 4.00